Seems like the public issue could be solved by requiring an NDA from anyone that wanted to see the information. I also imagine people would only need to see high level summary not the actual contract.
On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Keith, > > I would be amazed if any major hotel or convention centre would allow its > bid to be made public in this way. I too am disturbed by the Taipei hotel > rate, but I know from my own time on the IAOC that matching bids, dates, > hosts and all the other constraints is essentially an insoluble problem. > > It would be interesting if someone with historical data could plot IETF > hotel and meeting fee costs over the years since 1986, normalized to take > account of inflation and trade-weighted currency variations. I really > can't guess what the outcome would be. > > Regards > Brian Carpenter > > On 2011-08-25 09:12, Keith Moore wrote: >> Maybe there needs to be some sort of voting system for future venues. >> >> You'd be eligible to vote if you'd attended an IETF anytime within the past, >> say, 2 years - or if you were willing to commit to attending the one you >> vote on if it wins. (say by putting down a deposit toward meeting fees). >> >> Instead of picking one venue, the committee would solicit bids from N (say >> 3-4) different venues within a geographic region. The bids would include: >> room cost per night in the conference hotel >> room cost per night in each of some small number of alternate hotels >> locations of said hotels and nature of transportation between there and the >> conference venue >> meeting fee for the entire week if that venue is chosen >> other pertinent information (like what kind of food is nearby, what kind of >> facilities there are in or near the venue for impromptu gathering, what >> kinds of sightseeing opportunities there are, etc.) >> The committee would survey attendees from time to time and tell the >> prospective venues what kinds of criteria the attendees found important, so >> they'd know how best to make their pitch. >> >> Every eligible voter would get one vote. There would be a strict deadline >> for submitting bids, and a strict deadline for voting. >> >> That way, everyone could figure his own travel costs, factor in his own >> willingness to stay further away for less cost, etc. >> >> Keith >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
